For as long as I can remember, I’ve heard people say. “If it wasn’t for Adam and Eve, there would be no sin and death in the world.” Adam and Eve though were created perfect human beings when God said let us make man in our image and likeness and God created Adam. God took a rib from Adam and created Eve and they both were perfect human beings without sin and both unique in their creation.

In fact, when you read Genesis 2:21-22 without glossing over it, this alone should make anyone a believer because within this small passage God has provided information that it took man thousands of years to understand even half of the information He provided when it is stated plainly in Scripture. Here’s the text and read it to see if we understand the same thing.

“21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.”

Alright, hold up, pause for a moment, because this is absolutely mind-blowing! When you take a moment to dive deep into Genesis 2:21-22, without rushing past it, you’ll discover something that will make you stop and say, “Wow, how did it take man such a long time to get it!” God packed so much information into this passage—knowledge that humanity took thousands of years to even begin to comprehend. And yet, it’s right there in plain sight, in Scripture, all along! Again, just read these verses carefully:

“21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.”

Can you see it? Right here, in the beginning of time, God revealed the very blueprint for modern day surgical procedure — that is anesthetic effect, incision, extraction, and closure—all described in just a few short lines, thousands of years before invasive surgeries even existed! Let that sink in for a moment. We’re talking about the very principles of modern surgery, unfolding before our eyes, long before the world even dreamed of open surgery.

Science is still scratching its head about how Eve was created, and honestly, we will never know the full depth of the mystery. But what we do know is this: this passage offers us a glimpse into Divine Wisdom that continues to blow our minds, and it is not because of a big bang theory. No, this is the work of the Divine Giver of Gifted Hands!

Another thing God did before He created Eve was, He gave Adam the gift of free will, allowing him to choose between good and evil. When God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden, He commanded him in Genesis 2:16, “You may freely eat from every tree in the garden, but do not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, or you will surely die.” Adam passed this command along to Eve. However, Eve was deceived by the devil and chose to believe a lie rather than the truth.

Genesis 3 explains:

Origin of Evil. 1 The serpent was the most clever of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. It said to the woman, “Is it true that God told you not to eat of any of the trees in the garden?”

2 The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but as for the fruit of the tree in the midst of the garden, God said that we must not eat it, nor even touch it, lest we die.”

4 But the serpent said to the woman, “Certainly you shall not die! 5 God knows that when you eat from it, your eyes will be opened, and you will become like God, knowing that which is good and that which is evil.”

6 The woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to look at and desirable for imparting wisdom. She took some fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband who was with her, and he also ate it. 7 Their eyes were opened and they realized that they were naked. They took fig leaves and sewed them together, making themselves a covering.

Verses 4-6 in Genesis 3 show the death swoop in deception because both the woman and her husband overlooked the fact that God said they WOULD surely die if they ate the fruit of, or even touched, the forbidden tree, according to Eve. But by their own free will, they chose not to believe what God said and by their own free will they chose to believe a lie over the truth, and sin and death surely entered the world just like God said it would.

God cursed the devil, exacted punishment on Adam and Eve and banished them from the Garden of Eden but promised a redeemer – that redeemer being Himself manifested in the flesh. Adam and Eve’s extended story can be found in the Apocryphal texts of the Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden as well as the Ethiopian Orthodox Bible. God’s promise of a redeemer can be found in Biblical Scriptures Genesis 3:15 and Isaiah 9, among others. John 3:16 explains the reason for God’s compassion, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not perish but may attain eternal life.”

In Genesis 3:21, even amid Adam and Eve’s disobedience, God demonstrated compassion by providing them with clothing made from animal skins: “The Lord God made clothing for the man and woman out of animal skins and clothed them.” This act carries both practical and symbolic significance. Practically, it highlighted the insufficiency of Adam and Eve’s own attempt to cover their shame, indicating that only God’s provision could fully address their needs—both physically and spiritually. Their redemption, therefore, could only come through God’s grace, foreshadowing the ultimate sacrifice for the sins of the world, which would be realized through Christ’s once-for-all atoning death.

Symbolically, this act also foreshadows the later practice of animal sacrifice for atonement, particularly as seen in the ritual of offering blood upon the Mercy Seat in the Holy of Holies within the Temple. The Priestly Duties, including the wearing of holy garments, were part of a broader ritual that pointed toward God’s ultimate sacrifice through the Blood of Christ. This sacrifice represents the free gift of grace, providing atonement for humanity’s sins.

Because God gave so much to undo Adam and Eve’s error, He has consistently warned us throughout scripture to believe and trust in Him, that His Word is The Truth and never ever allow deception to take our lives again because this time it has eternal consequences! Yes, Jesus has upped the ante so to speak! His recurring message throughout Scripture makes it very clear: do not allow yourselves to be deceived in any way.

If we fall into deception again concerning what God has said, there is no second chance, as Jesus’ redemption—an eternal sacrifice that established the New and everlasting covenant—has fulfilled the promised redemption. This is that final opportunity. We either believe what God says, or we don’t, and there is no middle ground or compromise. Our eternal life is on the line. Here are some Biblical Scriptures that warn against deception:

2 Thessalonians 2: Let no one deceive you in any way.
Galatians 6:7: Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked
1 Corinthians 15:33: Do not be deceived: Bad company corrupts good character
James 1:16: Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers
Ephesians 5:6: Let no one deceive you with empty words
1 Timothy 4:1: Lying spirits lead astray
2 Timothy 3:13: There are evildoers and impostors looking for dupes
Obadiah 1:3: Arrogance is one of the roots of self-deception
1 Corinthians 3:18: Let no one deceive himself
2 Timothy 3:13: while impostors will grow ever worse, deceiving others and being themselves deceived.
Revelation 12:9: The great dragon—the ancient serpent who is called the devil, or Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—was hurled down to earth, and his angels were cast down with him.
Romans 16:18: For such people are not servants of our Lord Jesus Christ but of their own appetites, and by smooth words and flattery they deceive the minds of the simple.
Matthew 24:24: For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and they will perform great signs and wonders that are impressive enough to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
1 Peter 2:1: Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, and all deceit, hypocrisy, and envy, and all slander.
1 Peter 3:10: If anyone wishes to love life and to experience good days, he must restrain his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
2 Corinthians 11:13: Such people are false apostles, dishonest workers who masquerade as apostles of Christ.
Jeremiah 9:6: With their repeated acts of oppression and deceit, they refuse to acknowledge me, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 17:9: The heart is more deceitful than any other thing, and it is also perverse. Who can uncover its secrets?
Job 15:35: They conceive malice and breed evil, and they give birth to deceit.”

The Shroud of Turin, supported by theological and historical evidence, testifies to Jesus Christ, our Lord, Savior, and eternal High Priest, who entered the world to offer Himself as the ultimate sacrifice for humanity’s salvation. He endured the most agonizing crucifixion in history and rose from the dead to redeem us from the consequences of sin and death that entered the world through Adam and Eve’s choice of deception over truth. Through His redemptive act, the broken relationship between God and mankind was restored, giving each of us the opportunity to be saved. By His divine mercy, we are granted the free will to believe in His word as The Truth and receive the gift of eternal life. Again and again, He warned: “See to it that you do not allow yourselves to be deceived.”

By now, it should be clear where this is headed because we are yet again faced with the same deceiver who has persistently challenged God’s word throughout history. However, instead of taking the form of a serpent, this deception now appears as an ideology that distorts the image of God under the pretense of progressivism though in reality, it is a lie as ancient as the original one in the Garden of Eden.

God said in Genesis 1:

26 “…Let us make man in our image and likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the wild animals and reptiles that crawl upon the earth.”

27 God created mankind in his image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them.

28 God blessed them and told them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth; subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the seas and over the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves upon the earth.”

And He went on to create and establish marriage as the foundation for the family in Genesis 2 which reads:

24 This is why a man leaves his father and his mother and joins with a wife, and the two become one flesh.

25 Now the man and the woman were naked, but they did not feel any shame.

And Jesus affirmed in Matthew 19, and put the creation of male and female, as well as one man with one woman in marriage on lock, when He said, beginning with verse 4: “…Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female’ ⁵ and said: ‘That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two become one flesh’? ⁶ And so they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

The Divine Order established by God for procreation and the foundation for the family has been challenged by today’s man-made constructs of gender identity and the lbgtq+ ideology. This ideology falsely claims that male and female are not binary as God created but instead exist in one’s own mind as fluid on a spectrum where individuals can choose their own gender(s). People can be whoever and whenever they choose. And anyone who dares to disagree with these lies, regardless of their religious beliefs, will be deemed as hateful ignorant bigots who use their religion to discriminate. Those who follow this gender ideology also assert that male and female are interchangeable, or “trans,” a notion that contradicts the Word of God, biological science, and is simply a flat out lie.

For one thing, if God created man in His Image, that means perfection all day long. God did not give us a lying spirit or a body that lies. The truth is who we are biologically on the outside is reflective of who we are on the inside. This is the truth and God is The Truth! And if anyone questions “who they really are,” they should refer to what God told Adam and Eve when they sinned. He said to them, “Who told you that you were naked…?” (Genesis 3:11) Who is telling them they have a conflicting spirit or body? Jesus had something to say about this, and He didn’t mince words when He said this about the devil in John 8:44: “…not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.” This is also the language of Gender Identity, which runs counter to the Gospel Truth! Believers should recognize this deception, so they are not deceived and tricked out of their eternal inheritance into the Kingdom of God

But, despite its lack of scientific truth, proponents of gender identity demand that those who dissent because of their religious beliefs must relegate their views to the confines of their home or house of worship and must not bring them into the public square. The judicial and political alignment with gender identity have attempted to impose a social script of lies about gender through laws that not only must Believers accept, but they are also coerced to embrace and treat the new language of gender identity as equally valid and as truthful as science and religious truths about gender.

World governments don’t even consider the falsehoods or religious entrapment; they know that gender identity contradicts science and is an affront to faith, and is solely based on falsehoods, deception, and doctrinal mockery. This deception is exactly what believers have been warned to avoid many times over. Christianity is all about the TRUTH, period! These are not people issues, but spiritual ones that only God can defeat. And if the first thing God gave us is free will, who are they to try to take it away? The answer is they can’t. Like God said, ‘If He opens a door, who’s going to shut it? And if He closes a door, who’s going to open it?’ (Revelation 3:7-8).

However, they have fallen short of their efforts since these are spiritual issues for which they have zero authority, and physically they are barred by the First Amendment in the United States from interfering in religious exercise. It didn’t stop them from trying though and many Christians were persecuted over judiciary missteps. This political and judicial pressure is still a dangerous trap that leads to eternal spiritual ruin. Remember the words of Jesus: ‘Do not let yourselves be deceived in any way.‘ Jesus knows this is what happened to Adam and Eve because He was there and warned them then not to eat from the forbidden tree. Jesus gave His life to redeem humanity from this error which gave us the opportunity we have now for salvation. The stakes are high here.

But just like God showed Mercy to Adam and Eve then, He still, in His Mercy, desires ALL to come to repentance and inherit eternal life, even if they previously accepted and celebrated lies as truth. Consider the parable of the lost sheep where Jesus tells a story in the Gospels of Luke and Matthew about a shepherd who has 100 sheep but loses one. He leaves the 99 to search for the one that wandered off. When he finds it, he rejoices, carries it home, and invites others to celebrate. This is a reason to celebrate!

This time, we will believe Him and listen to what He says, and we will not be swayed by these man-made ideological falsehoods that threaten our eternal life. True believers will stand firm on the truth. Jesus’ crucifixion, death and resurrection should be regarded as the final call to repentance and acceptance of the truth, and that call should be heeded now, with a sense of urgency.

People all over the world must recognize that on its own, the Gender Identity Ideology is actually a political humanistic religion with sin and falsehoods as tenets of faith. It denies the biological truth in science and seeks to deceive even children as young as three years old. Children are smart and could easily say that their “truth” about other subjects like math and science, what they should be focused on, is whatever they believe it to be. If schools teach Gender Identity, then they must also teach Judaism, Christianity, Islam, etc., otherwise it is a global indoctrination into the Gender Identity false religion and we Christians, True Believers, know all about this great deception because we were told ahead of time. Christians have been forced into a spiritual battle for their soul and eternal life.

Like Pope Francis said Gender Identity erases humanity but not only that, it also denies the Image of God and harms women and children. Gender Identity is a politically created and coerced same-sex false religion that accepts lies as truth knowing it is an affront to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Male and female are not interchangeable through bodily mutilation and drugs but binary and immutable and a great gift from God.

The reason male and female are not interchangeable is that God’s word does not return to Him void, it accomplishes His will. This Scripture is found in Isaiah 55:11, which says, “So will My word be which goes out of My mouth; It will not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.” God’s divine Word is The Truth and will always achieve its intended purpose.

As such, Jesus warned this generation many times over to ‘not allow yourself to be deceived.’ And because people are being forced to accept the false gender identity in lbgtq+ or face punishment in one way or another, it can be seen as the spiritual mark of the beast, which can be proven using the guidance and information Jesus provided.

First, calculating the mark of the beast is not about mathematical precision, it is about understanding who God is, the counterfeit of what He did, the fulfillment of Scripture, and the analyses must be the truth. Second, when Jesus says ‘calculate the number of the beast’ it can be understood that He means to analyze and understand its mark using the information He provided. Jesus warned many times over to not allow yourself to be deceived, because the very elect could be deceived if it were possible.

Revelation 13 talks about the beast spiritually and its effect on physical reality, how it offends God and His people, and accepting its mark has negative eternal consequences. Those who accept it as righteous and equal to God’s image do not have their names written in the Book of Life.

Revelation 13:18 says “This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666.” I believe God has given me insight of this calculation and it begins with Genesis 1 and 2, where we learn about God’s Image. If God puts His own Image and likeness on something, He is the only one who can change it.

‘God created man in His Image— in His Image created He him, male and female created He them.’ This is very specific and a very big deal, and it isn’t possible to confuse God’s Image because He only said it one time. This fact cannot be minimized or dismissed. No person or government has authority to change God’s Image or add to it to create lbgtq+. Nor can any person or government force acceptance of lbgtq+ as righteous and equal to God’s creation of binary male and female when it is a lie. At the end of Genesis 1, God looked at His creation and saw that it was not only good, but very good, and sealed it with the Sabbath where He rested from all that He created and made. Jesus said to render to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is His. Creation belongs to God.

If an ideology like Gender Identity comes along and declares male and female are not binary but fluid on a spectrum and “transgender” is a possibility, then it is a counterfeit and a lie. Don’t believe it because that ideology is all about deception. We believe what Jesus said that the devil is the father of lies, has been a liar from the beginning, and there is no truth in him. Do not allow yourselves to be deceived – not this time!

In adhering to Jesus’ guidance on how to recognize the mark of the beast, we see in Genesis 1 that man was created on the 6th day and the counterfeit man represents the first 6 in the mark. Jesus said the number is in its name. So, if you look at lbgtq+ you count six characters, all of them represent sin and lies.

On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court went beyond its constitutional authority in Obergefell v. Hodges by mandating that all states license and recognize same-sex marriages. This decision not only bypassed the legislative process but also intruded into the realm of religion—an area the Constitution explicitly protects from government overreach. This is what makes the same sex marriage law illegal.

Marriage, is a sacred union between a man and a woman, as defined and written in Scripture. It is not merely a legal contract but a divinely instituted relationship, often referred to as Holy Matrimony. By attempting to redefine marriage, the Court blurred the line between civil authority and religious doctrine, effectively forcing acceptance of a view that directly contradicts the convictions of millions of Christians and other people of faith.

This ruling didn’t just reshape policy, it set the stage for growing conflict between secular ideology and religious freedom. It empowered a broader cultural movement that elevates false identity over truth and science, promoting a humanistic belief system at odds with biblical values from the Obergefell decision’s first press release.

The Supreme Court does not have Scriptural Authority to redefine the practice or exercise of faith or to compel people of faith to affirm what their conscience and Scripture reject. Yet with Obergefell, the Court did just that—opening the door to Christian persecution and marginalization of those who refuse to compromise their religious beliefs and love for God.

When you look at the date of the Obergefell decision, June 26, 2015, it was on a Friday, the morning being the latter part of the 6th day of the week of the 6th month, and the evening is the beginning of the Sabbath, exactly the day and perhaps even the hour, that our Lord, Savior, and Priest forever, Jesus Christ, was crucified! The Sabbath is from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.

Luke 23:50-56 – The Burial of Jesus
50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, 51 who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. 52 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body. 53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. 54 It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.

I am certain that the SCOTUS had no idea of the significance of this day, because the Bible says in Eph. 6. “[12] For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

Those do understand the significance. Same Sex Marriage rejects God’s Holy Order for male with female to be fruitful and multiply and for man and wife as one for the foundation of the family. The Gender Identity ideology falsely claims that a child can have two moms or two dads which harms the child because the child is denied 50% of whom their parents truthfully are. The falsehoods of Gender Identity, lbgtq+ and same sex marriage deny the Image of God and is represented by the second 6.

The third 6 is represented by the lbgtq+ “rainbow” symbol that hijacked God’s rainbow symbol of His covenant with Noah. They wave the flag proudly proclaiming falsely that “love is love,” when the Scriptures teach God is love! Most of them are non-believers and call God all kinds of insulting and blasphemous names. God is completely disrespected and rejected by members of the Gender Identity false religion. It falsified the rainbow symbol to represent lbgtq+ pride in their sin and lies. The final iteration of the lbgtq+ rainbow flag has 6 stripes to represent each “gender identity” lie. It is deeply offensive to Believers that today, the sight of a rainbow symbol on merchandise such as a billboard, book, or poster is immediately viewed as gay pride, rather than recognized for its origin and sacred significance.

God wants us to understand and respect the truth. He even affirmed my calculation when He revealed to me on Ash Wednesday, 2024 that the rainbow mockery goes beyond the Covenant with Noah and mocks the very Throne of God! The rainbow was Divinely instituted as a holy symbol of God’s covenant with Noah, a contractual assurance that He would never again destroy the earth by flood. Its meaning is not arbitrary but signed by the very Word, Throne and Majesty of God Himself!

Scripture affirms the sanctity of this symbol in Revelation 4:3, where we are given a glimpse into the heavenly realm: “And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.” The earthly rainbow is no mere atmospheric phenomenon, it is a manifestation of Divine Glory, that encircles the Throne of God! To disconnect the rainbow from its Divine origin is not only mockery, but a clear contradiction and opposition to what God Himself has declared holy.

This misuse of a holy symbol, given by God as a promise to humanity, is not only misleading but also dishonors what God has created not only good, but very good. It is reasonable to believe that this grieves God’s heart, seeing His covenant symbol falsely “redefined” and used against Him as a tool for the adversary. Because of the mockery and the fact that lbgtq+ celebrates and takes pride in sin and lies, rather than repent of them as Christianity demands, it is impossible for a person who supports lbgtq+ to be a true Christian or follower of Christ.

As if all that weren’t enough, on Friday, March 29, 2024, just before the start of the Sabbath, Joe Biden announced and signed the “National Transgender Recognition” proclamation for March 31, 2024. The timing sparked controversy, as that year, March 31 fell on Salvation Sunday, aligning the proclamation with the celebration and recognition of Jesus’ crucifixion, death, and resurrection!

God is patient, but this went too far, and there’s no denying when He steps in to set things straight! In short order after that deeply offensive lying proclamation, we saw Joe Biden withdraw from his re-election bid, and that’s too much of a coincidence to ignore. Watching him struggle to stay coherent in a debate with Donald Trump, I couldn’t help but think of Nimrod and how God confused the languages at Babel.

But Trump, despite having the clear advantage, chose not to make it a spectacle, even though he easily could have. Biden’s inability to recover from such a public failure was political suicide. Kamala Harris, who shared the same misguided ideological stance as Biden, fared no better. She, too, was out of touch, unable to connect with the people or respond effectively to their concerns.

The Gender Identity false religion says a person can be lbgtq+ and be a Christian, as Kamala Harris tried to say. But just like everything else about it, this too is false—don’t believe it. Jesus already said a Kingdom divided against itself won’t stand. This is thousands of years old Scripture that has foretold what is happening in this generation, and we should all say thanks be to God that He has told us ahead of time. Now we know His word is the Truth and the calculation/analyses of the mark of the beast, 666, is accurate and true.

Everywhere you look at that gender identity ideology you will find the number 6. I tested this theory on Greece who recently legalized same sex marriage, it was legalized on February 16th, 2024, on a Friday, their time, the universal 6th day, and just prior to the beginning of the Sabbath. This is not a global coincidence but a Scriptural truth. We were told ahead of time that these things are going to happen.

Receiving the mark is how you think and what you do according to the testimony of Jesus, who is THE TRUTH. If you accept LBGTQ+ as righteous and equal to binary male and female, then you have denied the Image of God and received the mark of the beast. Pastors and teachers of Christian doctrine must speak and stand boldly on the Word of God because now you know what you are dealing with. There is power in the name of Jesus! The “equality” lies codified for “LBGTQ+” have collided with Christianity and forced many believers out of business and tortured some like Jack Phillips and Kim Davis for years. Gender Identity demands adherence in laws and in all aspects of business, including policing, while rejecting Christianity. The Gender Identity ideology destroys reproduction. It wants males to share private spaces with females even though females don’t want strange males in those spaces.

The Gender Identity ideology wants males to compete against females in sports, only to cause unnecessary physical harm to females in volleyball and other contact or physical sports and steal their awards. It denies biology and indoctrinates preschoolers into its false faith via the “genderbread” person. The question must be asked who in the world empowered Gender Identity LBGTQ+ adherents such that they think if their humanistic religious falsehoods aren’t deemed righteous and celebrated then they will be offended, and will summons the government to cast Christianity and other faiths to the wayside and pronounce Christians and other Believers as hateful bigots, guilty of sogi discrimination?

Christians must recognize what this is and understand that no person or government can tell you that you must accept sin and lies as righteous or you are a hateful monstrous bigot who uses religion to discriminate, because you refuse to denounce your faith by accepting Gender Identity in any tenet. Nor can they censor what you say about your faith and love for Jesus. There is no middle ground here. You’re either with God or you’re not. People who straddle issues pertaining to God, He says, are lukewarm and make Him want to vomit.

Revelation 3 explains :

¹⁴ “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:

“These are the words of the Amen, the trusted and faithful and true Witness, the Beginning and Origin of God’s creation:

¹⁵ ‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. ¹⁶ So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth.

Many homosexuals are leaving the same sex religion and beginning to recognize their sin as sin, rather than sin to be celebrated. They are returning to God with a repentant heart. This is real and it is happening now. It is critical that people understand the spiritual significance and acceptance of Gender Identity because it does have eternal consequences.

Jesus is coming back, and He said to be prepared because we do not know what day or hour that He’s returning. But just like Jesus gave us the calculation for the mark of the beast, He also gave us the signs of the times to look for just prior to His return, and those signs are happening now. One of those signs is indicative of same sex marriage celebrations because people had normalized sin in Noah’s day. I believe that Jesus referenced this when He said in Matthew 24:38: “In the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day that Noah entered the ark. 39 They knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and swept them all away.” Surely if they were marrying and being given in marriage according to God’s Holy Order, the flood would not have swept them all away. I think He’s referring to same sex marriage.

So, what is the Mark of God? It is the Seal of God and Got Questions answered it this way:

There are five verses in the Bible that refer to a “seal of God” or an object or person sealed by God (John 6:27; 2 Timothy 2:19; Revelation 6:9; 7:2; and 9:4). The word sealed in the New Testament comes from a Greek word that means “to stamp with a private mark” in the interest of keeping something secret or protecting or preserving the sealed object. Seals were used for official business: a Roman centurion, for instance, might have sealed a document that was meant only for the eyes of his superior. If the seal were broken, the one receiving the document would know that the letter had been tampered with or read by someone other than the sealer.

Revelation 7:3–4 and 9:4 refer to groups of people who have the seal of God, and thus His protection, during the tribulation. During the fifth trumpet judgment, locusts from the Abyss attack the people of the earth with “power like that of scorpions” (Revelation 9:3). However, these demonic locusts are limited in what they can harm: “They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads” (Revelation 9:4). The individuals who are marked by God are preserved. The seal of God during the tribulation is the direct opposite of the mark of the beast, which identifies people as followers of Satan (Revelation 13:16–18).

Paul speaks of the seal of God in the context of foundational truth. He tells Timothy that false doctrines are circulating and some people are trying to destroy the faith of believers. Then he offers this encouragement: “Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: ‘The Lord knows those who are his,’ and, ‘Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness’” (2 Timothy 2:19).

The picture is of a building’s foundation that has been inscribed with two statements giving the purpose of the building. The church’s foundation has been laid (Ephesians 2:20), and the eternal “seal” or inscription sums up the two aspects of faith—trust in God and departure from sin (see Mark 1:15). The passage goes on to describe the contents of the great house so inscribed: vessels for honorable use and those for dishonorable use. “If anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work” (2 Timothy 2:21, ESV).

Jesus Christ bore the seal of God: “On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval” (John 6:27). Those who trust in Jesus also possess the seal of God, which is the Holy Spirit: “You also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is actively guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession” (Ephesians 1:13–14).

It is good to know that God’s children are sealed, secured, and sustained amid the wickedness of this transitory world. I believe the Mark of God is to believe, think, and live according to the Testimony of Jesus, who left no stone unturned. Jesus, our Lord, Savior and Priest forever, extended an invitation to each and every one of us in Revelation 3 which says,

¹⁹Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. ²⁰ Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.